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Baby on Board Cookies . . . and a Virtual Baby Shower

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Posie Cakes . . . cookies for a sip and see

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    I had a request for my "signature cookie" this month.  The funny thing is, I didn't know I HAD a signature cookie, but I knew exactly which cookies she was referring to.  The pink cookies in my header, on my blog button, my twitter avatar....I must really like that cookie! ;)

    And because those original cookies were for my girlfriend Terri, it makes me happy to call them my "signature."

    This version of the cookie was for a sip and see for a baby girl.
     
    I love sip and sees!  Sip and Sees are like baby showers given AFTER the baby is born. There's ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the baby, presents in pink or blue, lots of food....and oh, yeah...maybe the new mommy can have a mimosa! ;)

    To make the cookies, you'll need:
    First, outline the cookies with royal icing using a #3 tip.  Let the outline dry 20 minutes or more.

    Reserve some of the pink royal icing used for outlining and thin the rest with water for flooding.  Adding just a bit of water at a time, stir the water into the icing until it is the consistency of thick syrup or glue. Cover with a damp towel and let sit several minutes.

    Stir the icing gently with a rubber spatula to pop and air bubbles that have risen to the surface.  Transfer to squeeze bottles.

    Working 6-8 cookies at a time, fill in the outline in the contrasting pink thinned icing.  Use a toothpick to spread into edges and corners.

    Come back over the 6-8 cookies just flooded and drop on dots of the contrasting color.

    Let the cookies sit for more than an hour since the detail flowers are large.  You don't wanted dented icing! :)

    If you have made your royal icing the day you are decorating, add just a few drops of water to the outline consistency icing.  This will help prevent stiff peaks on your flowers.  If the icing was made the day before, it loses some of it's stiffness in the fridge. 

    With a #7 tip, add large dots for the flowers.

    With #1 tips, add swirly detail to the center of the flowers.

    With the green icing and a #1 tip, add leaves.

    Let dry overnight.

    Voila! 

    So, if these pink posie cookies are my "signature" cookies....what's YOUR signature dish? 

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Cookies for Baby's Baptism

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    When a fellow volunteer at the food pantry asked me to make cookies for her sweet baby's baptism, I was so honored!

    Kara is one of those really organized people.  She even provided me the cookie cutter, just like she did when I made cookies for her sister's 40th birthday party.  Come to think of it, Kara, would you like to be my personal cookie cutter shopper? 

    Anyhoo, back to the cookies...the napkins for the party were a pretty yellow with a dark brown cross, so we added a branch for the dove to carry to incorporate those colors.

    {This idea came from a magazine that I saw YEARS ago. It was a Christmas dove carrying a holly branch.  So, keep this in mind; Christmas is only 122 days away, people!}

    To make the cookies, you'll need:
    • royal icing in white, brown and yellow (Americolor Bright White, Chocolate Brown and Egg & Lemon Yellow)
    • tips: #2 and #1
    • disposable icing bags
    • squeeze bottle
    Using a  #2 tip, outline the cookie in white royal icing. 

    Thin the white icing (reserve a bit for later) with water, a little at a time, until it is the consistency of thick syrup.  Cover with a damp dishtowel and let sit several minutes.

    Stir gently with a rubber spatula to pop any large air bubbles that have formed. Transfer to a squeeze bottle.

    Fill in the outlined cookie with the flood icing.  Use a toothpick to spread into sides and corners.

    Let sit 1 hour.

    With the reserved white icing and #2 tip, add detail on wings, tail and add an eye.

    Using another #2 tip, pipe the branch in dark brown.

    With a #1 tip, pipe yellow flowers/berries on the branches.

    Let dry overnight before packaging.

    Thank you, Kara, for letting me be part of your baby's big day!
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For the Little Dudes . . .

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    Desserts for Dudes month continues with Cute as a Button cookies
    ...because dudes have to start somewhere!

    When our little dude was born, he decided to make an entrance.  An unexpected entrance via emergency c-section, 10 weeks early.  He weighed 2 pounds, 13 ounces. 

    {Kiddo is now 11 years old and 5 feet tall....wearing the same size shoe as his mother...}

    Looking at birth announcements, I found one that said "cute as a button" and it was perfect because he was about the size of a button.  I only wish I knew how to make cookies back then. :)

    The buttons are made from homemade fondant.  Remember that?  They were so fun to make; I could have made hundreds of them.

    Supplies for the buttons:
    • tips: Wilton 4B, and #1 or #2 plain tips
    • cornstarch
    • rolling pin
    • toothpicks
    • chopstick
    To make the buttons, color the fondant with gel paste food coloring, kneading until fully blended.

    Dust the surface and rolling pin with cornstarch to prevent sticking, a tip Buddy gave us, and roll the fondant thin, maybe 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch. Use a bench scraper to lift the fondant off the counter if necessary.

    Using the back of the Wilton 4B tip as a cutter, cut out the button shape.

    Mine kept getting stuck, so I used  a chopstick to nudge them out.
    {PS...I'm not going to quit blogging to be a hand model anytime soon.}

    With the back of the #1 or #2 tip, add the inner circle button detail, being sure not to press all the way through.

    With the tip end of the #1 or #2 tip, make button holes.
    {Seriously, what are those holes called? A button hole is something you push your button through.  There must be a name of the holes in the middle of a button. Anyone? Anyone?}

    Use a toothpick to poke all the way through the button.
    {Again...no hand modeling.}

    Let dry at room temperature.  Store in an air-tight container at room temperature.


    For the cookies:

    • Outline & flood the cookies with royal icing and let dry overnight.
    • Pipe the dots around the border.
    • With an AmeriColor Gourmet Writer Food Decorator Pen , add the wording. (AmeriColor pens are much better than the ones as the grocery store!)
    • Attach the buttons with a bit of royal icing.
    • Let dry several hours.

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    Modern baby monograms

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      Last week, I received an email from a new mom wanting to give cookies to the doctors and nurses who helped bring her son into the world. ♥

      She wanted cookies to coordinate with her sweet baby's birth announcement:

      {The original isn't blurry like this.} :)

      Cute right? Well, since I don't have one of those handy-dandy KopyKake projectors, nothing makes me more nervous that trying to match a cookie to an image.

      {OK...going up a really steep and tall escalator makes me more nervous, but you get the point.}

      Here's what we came up with....and new mommy was happy! Yay!


      I love these colors and the simple designs...very hip and modern looking, I think.
      {But what do I know?}


      Making monograms is really pretty easy....
      1. Find a font on your computer,
      2. Type several letters into a Word document,
      3. Size the font to fit your cookie cutter (I view the document at 100% and hold my cookie cutter to the screen...this keeps from printing out lots of test pages),
      4. Print,
      5. Place the printed sheet under a sheet of wax paper on the back of a cookie sheet (I put this on a stack of books, so I don't have to stoop when piping),


      6. With royal icing, pipe the monograms,


      7. Let dry several hours,
      8. Peel off the wax paper,
      9. Place onto wet flood icing.

      Monograms made with a larger tip are less likely to break. (I used a #3 round tip for these.) If you want a skinny monogram, try using candy melts. They seem to be less fragile.

      These monograms can be made ahead and stored at room temperature.

      For more monogramming posts, click here.

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      No Works for Me Wednesday this week or next as our lovely hostess (and my real-life next-door neighbor), Kristen is in Africa as a part of a trip with Compassion International. You can follow her amazing journey at We are THAT Family.

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